Kathleen Freeman
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Kathleen Freeman (February 17, 1919 – August 23, 2001) was an American film, television, voice actress, and stage actress. In a career that spanned more than fifty years, she portrayed acerbic maids, secretaries, teachers, busybodies, nurses, and battle-axe neighbors and relatives, almost invariably to comic effect.
Known for
Credits
Shrek (2001)
as Old Woman (voice)
Hercules (1997)
as Heavyset Woman (voice)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
as Phoebe Dinsmore (uncredited)
Hocus Pocus (1993)
as Miss Olin
The Sting (1973)
as Kid Twist's Wife (uncredited)
The Blues Brothers (1980)
as Sister Mary Stigmata
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
as Microwave Marge
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994)
as Muriel
Joe Dirt (2001)
as Joe Dirt's Foster Mother (uncredited)
FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)
as Edler (voice)
Innerspace (1987)
as Dream Lady
Baby Geniuses (1999)
as Lenny's Nosy Neighbor (uncredited)
Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
as Mother Mary Stigmata
North to Alaska (1960)
as Lena Nordqvist
Chances Are (1989)
as Mrs. Handy
The Fly (1958)
as Emma
Point Blank (1967)
as First Citizen
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)
as Denise's Nosy Neighbor (uncredited)
Death of a Gunfighter (1969)
as Mary Elizabeth
Glitz (1988)
as Mrs. Magyk
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
as Woman at Vegetarian Restaurant (uncredited)
The Nutty Professor (1963)
as Millie Lemmon
Dragnet (1987)
as Enid Borden
Teen Wolf Too (1987)
as Admissions Lady
A Place in the Sun (1951)
as Factory Worker - Prosecution Witness (uncredited)
Richie Rich's Christmas Wish (1998)
as Miss Peabody
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
as Spectator (uncredited)
The Buccaneer (1958)
as Tina
I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998)
as Tom Tom Girl Gloria
Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)
as Mrs. Danvers
Houseboat (1958)
as Laundromat Gossip
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)
as Mrs. Stone
The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
as Mrs. Jensen
The Rounders (1965)
as Agatha Moore
The Far Country (1954)
as Grits
The Naked City (1948)
as Stout Young Woman on an Elevated Train (Uncredited)
Ready to Rumble (2000)
as Jane King
Artists and Models (1955)
as Mrs. Muldoon (uncredited)
Dutch (1991)
as Gritzi
The Ladies Man (1961)
as Katie
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
as Miss March (uncredited)
Monkey Business (1952)
as Mrs. Brannigan (uncredited)
The Errand Boy (1961)
as Mrs. Helen Paramutual
Mail Order Bride (1964)
as Sister Sue
Myra Breckinridge (1970)
as Bobby Dean Loner
In the Mood (1987)
as Mrs. Marver
The Willies (1990)
as Miss Titmarsh
The Strongest Man in the World (1975)
as Officer Hurley
Carpool (1996)
as Franklin's Mom (voice)
Heartbeeps (1981)
as Helicopter Pilot
Athena (1954)
as Miss Seely
The Disorderly Orderly (1964)
as Nurse Higgins
Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
as Mrs. Perkins
The Best of Times (1986)
as Rosie
O. Henry's Full House (1952)
as Mrs. Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)
Dream Wife (1953)
as Hotel Maid
The Norseman (1978)
as Old Indian woman
The Magnetic Monster (1953)
as Nelly
Marriage on the Rocks (1965)
as Miss Blight
The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)
Actor
The Midnight Story (1957)
as Rosa Cuneo
Reckless Kelly (1993)
as Mrs. Delance
Seven Girlfriends (2000)
as Mrs. Hargrove
The Wrong Guys (1988)
as Grunski's Mum
Inside Out (1987)
Actor
Who's Minding the Store? (1963)
as Mrs. Glucksman
The Malibu Bikini Shop (1986)
as Loraine Bender
House by the River (1950)
as Effie Ferguson - Party Guest
Kiss Them for Me (1957)
as Nurse Wilinski (uncredited)
Man and Cat (2001)
as Female Cat
3 Ring Circus (1954)
as Custard Pie Gag Victim
Nickel & Dime (1992)
as Judge C.C. Leichter
No Man of Her Own (1950)
as Clara Larrimore (uncredited)
Let's Make It Legal (1951)
as Reporter (uncredited)
Cause for Alarm! (1951)
as Woman
The Glass Wall (1953)
as Zelda - Fat Woman
Psycho Sisters (1974)
as Hilda
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' (1998)
as Self
The Company She Keeps (1951)
as Josie, Parolee with Children (uncredited)
Appointment with Danger (1950)
as Nun
The Helicopter Spies (1968)
as Mom
Cry Danger (1951)
as Cigarette Clerk #2 (uncredited)
Where Does It Hurt? (1972)
as Mrs. Manzzini
Behind Locked Doors (1948)
as Nurse (uncredited)
Hook, Line and Sinker (1969)
as Mrs. Hardtack - Baby Sitter
The Unholy Rollers (1972)
as Karen's Mother
Confidentially Connie (1953)
as Mother of Twins (uncredited)
A Perilous Journey (1953)
as Leah
Yes Sir, Mr. Bones (1951)
as Chick Watts
That Funny Feeling (1965)
as Woman at Phone Booth
Pawnee (1957)
as Mrs. Carter
Which Way to the Front? (1970)
as Bland's Mother
Hitched (1973)
as Rainbow McCloud
Come Fill the Cup (1951)
as Lil - Newspaper Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
The Missouri Traveler (1958)
as Serena Poole
Too Much, Too Soon (1958)
as Miss Magruder (uncredited)
A Life of Her Own (1950)
as Switchboard Operator at Betsy Ross Hotel (uncredited)
The Reformer and the Redhead (1950)
as Lily Parker
Super Ducktales (1989)
as Mrs. Crackshell (voice)
Stand Up and Be Counted (1972)
as Sarah
Behave Yourself! (1951)
as Pet Shop Proprietor's Wife (uncredited)
Once a Thief (1950)
as Phoebe
Three on a Couch (1966)
as Murphy
Battle of Rogue River (1954)
as Sis Pringle
Your Three Minutes Are Up (1973)
as Mrs. Wilk
The Second Face (1950)
as Shirley
Two Guys Talkin' About Girls (1995)
as Rhondas Grandma
Talk About a Stranger (1952)
as Rosa, Grocery Clerk
Call Her Mom (1972)
as Woman
The Saxon Charm (1948)
as Reception Nurse
Madison Avenue (1961)
as Miss Thelma Haley
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953)
as Stella Kowalski
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return (1975)
as Essie
Love Is Better Than Ever (1952)
as Mrs. Kahrney
She's Back on Broadway (1953)
as Webber's Receptionist
Wild Harvest (1962)
as Goldie
Kid Monk Baroni (1952)
as Maria Baroni
Strictly Dishonorable (1951)
as Organist
The Canterville Ghost (1988)
as Mrs. Umney
But I Don't Want to Get Married! (1970)
as Mrs. Borg
Hollywood Chaos (1989)
Actor
Soup and Me (1978)
as Mrs. Stetson
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' (2002)
as Self
Lonely Heart Bandits (1950)
as Bertha Martin
Annie Was a Wonder (1949)
as Annie Swenson